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How to Make Flint and Steel in Minecraft

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How to make Flint and Steel in Minecraft

The flint and steel is a great tool to have if you frequently find yourself needing to make a fire. It’s also used for opening up the Nether portal, if you want to check out some new terrain and monsters. Whatever the case may be, we’ll guide you through the process of making a flint and steel in this step-by-step tutorial. When used on top of a solid, fully opaque block or on the sides of a flammable block, the flint and steel set a fire on the surface on which it was used. Flint and steel have 64 uses. If used on a transparent block (such as glass) or an underwater block, it does not start a fire but still consumes durability. Durability is also consumed if it is used on an already existing fire. It is commonly used to light nether portals, as any fire existing within an appropriate obsidian frame will create nether portal blocks within the frame. How to Make Flint and Steel in Minecraft

Supported Platforms

A how to make Flint and Steel is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions 
  • Minecraft PS Editions 
  • Minecraft Nintendo 
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition
  • Minecraft Education Edition

Where to find Flint and Steel in Creative Mode

How to Make Flint and Steel in Minecraft

You can find flint and steel in the Creative Inventory menu

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Tools
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Tools and Equipment
  • Minecraft Xbox Editions : Tools, Weapons and Armor, Equipment
  • Minecraft PS Editions : Tools, Weapons and Armor, Equipment
  • Minecraft Nintendo : Tools, Weapons and Armor, Equipment
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Tools and Equipment
  • Minecraft Education Edition : Tools and Equipment

Required Materials to make Flint and Steel

To make a flint and steel in Minecraft you will need one iron bar and one piece of flint! These supplies shouldn’t be too hard to find.

  • Iron Ingot

Now we’re going to need some iron ore, which can be pretty much found anywhere there’s stone to be mined. Both caves and ravines are great places to find the ore. Any space that’s opened up which gives you a lot of surface makes it easier to spot specific ores. You also might see it on the side of a mountain. If you can’t find it that way, mine your way downwards, and you should eventually find it. It’s one of the more common ores you will come across in the game.Iron ingots are ingots obtained by smelting iron ore, or by finding them in underground dungeons, woodland mansion, minecart with chest, strongholds, villages, buried treasure chests, jungle temple, desert temple, and shipwrecks.

  • Flint

Flint can be found by shoveling gravel which can be found pretty much everywhere on land and underground. The shovel is the most efficient way to get through gravel, and as you dig through it you will randomly get flint at times. You won’t get it from every single block, so you might have to shovel quite a bit to get one.

To make a flint and steel in Minecraft you will need one iron bar and one piece of flint! These supplies shouldn’t be too hard to find. 

How to craft Flint and Steel in Survival Mode

  • Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid

  • Add Items to make Flint and Steel

Now that we have our iron ore, we’re going to need to turn it into an iron ingot. This requires the use of a furnace! So, make sure you have one of those, and a fuel of your choice. Place your iron ore at the top and your fuel at the bottom of the furnace.We’ve got all the ingredients we need now, so we just need to put it together. You can place the flint and iron bar in any position in your crafting window or Crafting Table and you will be fine.Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the flint and steel will appear in the box to the right.

  • Move the Flint and Steel to Inventory

Once you have crafted flint and steel, you need to move the new item to your inventory. The flint and steel can be used to light fires if you want to warm yourself up or set an area ablaze. It’s also used frequently to open up a nether portal if you want to traverse the darker side of Minecraft.

Item ID and Name

Flint and steel has the following Name, ID and DataValue

  • Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft Xbox One : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft PS4 : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft Nintendo Switch : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft Windows 10 Edition : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0
  • Minecraft Education Edition : Flint and Steel (minecraft:flint_and_steel), 259, 0

Give Command for Flint and Steel

  • In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.18.1, 1.18.2 and 1.19, the /give command for Flint and Steel is: /give @p flint_and_steel 1
  • In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Flint and Steel is: /give @p flint_and_steel 1 0
  • In Minecraft PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition : /give @p flint_and_steel 1 0

Enchantments for Flint and Steel

  • Curse of Vanishing : Cursed item will disappear after player dies
  • Mending : Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
  • Unbreaking : Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the   chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

Conclusion

Congratulations, you just learned how to make Flint and Steel in Minecraft! We hope that we have helped you understand how to build a flint and steel in Minecraft. So now that you know this, why don’t you use this to enhance your performance and fire up your game.